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Author Notes- I'm so sorry for taking so long to update.

Bad News

Seireitei was slowly waking up. The sun was up in the sky, erasing every trace of the storm. The sun rays were making their way though the window of the office of the ten squad. The rays of light were giving warmth to all the room; even the young captain was starting to warm up.

His black clothes were wet and muddy, and his hair was sticking to his face. He had been inside the office just couple minutes. He had spent all night outside in the storm. He was more than sure that he was going to get a cold. But he didn't care. Last night has been a very good night.

He could feel his eyelids were heavy with sleep. He stretched his arms before folding them on top of his desk, and resting his head on them.'A nap won't hurt,' Hitsugaya thought while closing his eyes. He was starting to fall sleep when the door was opened with a bang. 'Damn,' he thought.

An orange haired woman and a blond man entered the office. Both were very wet and they looked tire. Neither of them noticed the young captain.

"Matsumoto, you should calm down," Kira said.

"Don't tell me to calm down Kira! My captain is lost," Matsumoto said while sitting on the sofa, "He is not like this. By this time he is usually already asleep."

"How did you know that, Matsumoto? Have you been stalking him?" Kira asked while imagining a chibi Matsumoto looking at Hitsugaya from behind a tree.

"Of course not! I onl-" she was interrupted by the young captain.

"It's too early in the morning, Matsumoto; please stop shout-" and he was interrupted because he was tackled to the ground by a very happy Matsumoto.

"Captain!" Matsumoto squeaked.

"Get off me!" Hitsugaya said while trying to free himself from Matsumoto embrace.

"Sorry captain, it's just that we have been searching for you all night, but we couldn't find you. Where were you captain?" Matsumoto asked. She helped Hitsugaya stand up. He dusted himself and asked "Why were you looking for me?"

"We were looking for you becau-…hey!" she said "You ignored my first question." She stood straight, with arms crossed across her chest. She glared down at her captain. Hitsugaya looked like a deer caught in headlights. "You are hiding something," she said in a accusing tone. Hitsugaya gulped. 'Damn Matsumoto can be really smart if she wants to, but why did her brain turn on now?' he thought while backing away from Matsumoto.

"What are you talking about? I'm not hiding anything," he said while avoiding her eyes. "You are lying, captain. Now tell me where you were last night," she said. 'There is no way I'm telling her that I was with Rukia,' he thought. Just remembering Rukia's face brought a light blush to his face. "I was…emm…" he said 'Think!' "Eating watermelons." 'Nice, and I'm supposed to be a prodigy.'

"You were eating watermelons in the middle of a storm?" Matsumoto asked with an eyebrow raise. "Yeah, don't you know that they taste better that way," he said sounding really serious. "Now if you don't have anything else to say I want to start my paper work."

"Just one more thing captain, before you go. Why are your lips all swollen?" she asked in the most innocent voice she could muster. 'Damn' he thought. "Another thing captain, your clothes don't look like they are in place, they look a little messy" Matsumoto said "would you tell me why?"

"My lips are swollen because the watermelon was freezing, and my clothes look messy because of the wind. Look at you clothes they are also messy" Hitsugaya said in a bore tone, 'nice safe'.

"Cut the crap captain! I know that you are lying!" she screamed.

"I'm not lying!" he screamed back.

"Yes you are! You were kissing someone!"

"I was not!"

"Yes you were! Tell me who she is!"

"I'm not telling you her name!"

"Ha! I knew it you are dating someone! Who is she?"

'Shit.' "Matsumoto I'm not telling you her name because, I'm not dating anybody!"

"Sorry to interrupt but, captain, you need to-" Kira tried to say.

"Shut up!" Hitsugaya and Matsumoto said in unison. They glare at each other.

"Tell me!"

"No!"

Tell me!"

"No!"

"Tell me!"

"No!"

"Tell me, damn it!"

"NO!"

"SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!" Kira screamed.

Both Hitsugaya and Matsumoto looked at Kira. "You don't need to scream, gosh" Matsumoto said. "You could have asked more nicely." She took her place at the sofa. "I tried but you wouldn't listen!" Kira said. Hitsugaya walked to his desk and took his place behind it. "Calm down, vice-captain Kira," Hitsugaya said returning to his serious captain voice. "Could you please tell me why were you looking for me?" Hitsugaya said.

"Shoot!" Kira and Matsumoto said. "Well? Will you tell me or not?" Hitsugaya said in a very irritated voice. He was getting tired of them not telling him why they were looking for him. "Captain when we tell you why we were looking for you, please try to stay calm," Matsumoto said in a really serious voice. "Yes, captain Hitsugaya, please stay calm," Kira also said. "Just tell me!" Hitsugaya said.

Matsumoto was hiding behind Kira; they were shaking in fear. Kira gulped before speaking. "Yesterday evening there was a report saying that…"

The doors of the office were opened forcefully by a very angry captain. He walked directly to the front of the room and stood in front of the commander of the Gotei 13. The once warm room was becoming cold. All eyes were looking at the young captain. The air in the room was heavy.

"Where is he?" Hitsugaya asked in a low tone. The commander took his time before answering the younger captain. "You have no right to ask that, captain Hitsugaya. You are late again to a meeting. So before me answering any questions you could have, you will need to explain why you were late," he said with a tone of voice that didn't leave room for further discussion.

The temperature in the room dropped even more. Hitsugaya glared at his superior, before answering him. "You send vice-captain Kira to look for me, but he couldn't find me until early this morning" Hitsugaya said into the old man's eyes. Commander Yamamoto stared back at the white hair it captain. "Why couldn't vice-captain Kira find you?" he asked.

Hitsugaya glared even harder at the old man. Silence was the only answer commander Yamamoto received from the young captain. They kept staring into each other eyes before neither of them spoke. "This will be the last time I will allow you to come to a meeting late. Their will be no next time. Now, captain Hitsugaya, take your place in line," Commander Yamamoto said.

Hitsugaya turned around and walked to his place when the voice of the commander stopped him. "I will like to speak with you after the meeting," he said. Hitsugaya didn't turn to look at the commander, he just continued to walk to his place in line. Once Hitsugaya stood between the ninth and eleventh division captains, Commander Yamamoto spoke again.

"Now that all the captains of the Gotei 13 are present I will inform you why I called you. As you know there were several reports about missing shinigamis, but they are also some reports about fox-like faced man and a brown haired man. The reports say that both men were near the places were the shinigamis were last seeing. These men are Ichimaru Gin and Sosuke Aizen." At the mention of the last man name the room became even colder.

"Yesterday confirmed the suspicions I have about they been the reason why so many shinigamis are lost. As you know there has been an unusual raise in the attacks of hollows. I'm sure you remember Vice-captain Shiba Kaien and the way he died," he paused to look at Ukitake before continuing "Some of you are new captains so you probably don't know him or how he died.

"He died because he was possesed by a hollow. His body couldn't hold the presence of the hollow and another shinigami ended his life. I'm telling you this because something similar is happening. We have found the bodies of shinigamis with mutations," he said and waited for the information to sink in.

"So basically what you are saying is that Aizen is shinigamis into hollow" Mayuri said while rubbing his chin with his hand.

"Yes" the commander said.

"Interesting, I would like to research on one of these special hollows," Mayuri said.

"Sick bastard," Kenpachi said.

"What did you say?" Mayuri said while turning around to glare at the eleventh division captain.

"You heard me. You are a sick bastard that only thinks of new ways to 'research'," Kenpachi said with disgust.

"Well at least I'm not an idiot that doesn't even know the name of his zanpakutos" Mayuri said.

"You mother fu-" Kenpachi couldn't continue his fight because the door was opened by a young low ranked shinigami. He was covered in cuts, he tried to move but he collapsed to the floor. Unohona was by his side in a second. She tried to heal him but the cuts were too deep. The boy opened his eyes and said. "T-they at-ttack …the…K-kuchiki house…"

In less than a second Byakuya and Hitsugaya were beside the boy. "When did they attack?" Byakuya asked. "Early…i-in the…m-moring" the boy said "they k-killed…everybody." Everybody in the room was shaking in cold; they could see their own breath. "Did they kill Rukia?" Hitsugaya said in an empty voice. They boy took a deep breath before answering. "N-no but…they t-took h-her…with them…they a-also told m-me to g-give this t-to you," the boy said while handing Hitsugaya a piece of paper. After Hitsugaya grabbed the paper the boy's eyes closed and he died.

Hitsugaya unfolded the piece of paper and read it. All eyes were looking at the young captain. "Is it just me or is it freezing here?" Kenpachi said breaking the silence. He rubbed his arms trying to generate some warmth. He turned around and looked through the window. "It's snowing!" Kenpachi said while pointing to the window.

Everybody took his eyes from Hitsugaya and looked out the window. It was true. Snow was falling from the sky, but it was more like a snow storm. Nobody noticed as Hitsugaya shook in anger or how he crumbled the note in his fist.

The note said:

By the time you receive this note I will be already out of your reach, but don't worry I will take great care of Rukia-chan. I know how much you would hateit if something happened to her. I will give you an advice. If you are going to confess your feelings to someone make sure nobody is listening.

Aizen

More notes- A friend is asking me to iclude Ichigo in the story I'm not sure if I should include him. What do you think?

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